ZariaNigeria
Zaria time at a glance
- Country
- Nigeria
- Location
- City in Kaduna State
- Time zone
Africa/Lagos- UTC offset now
UTC+01:00- Current zone label
- GMT+1
- Next clock change
- No upcoming change available
Weather now
Weather in Zaria
Conditions near Zaria and a 3-day forecast. Local conditions can differ across large urban areas, mountains and coastlines.
Moderate or heavy rain shower
- Feels like
- 24°C
- Humidity
- 92%
- Wind
- 14.8 km/h SW
- Recent precipitation
- 3.3 mm
3-day forecast
- Light rain shower20°C to 31°C82% chance of precipitationWind up to 16.6 km/h
- Partly Cloudy19°C to 27°C81% chance of precipitationWind up to 27 km/h
- Patchy rain nearby20°C to 29°C79% chance of precipitationWind up to 18 km/h
Forecast valid from 23:45 local time. Updated 2026-08-10T22:59:02.998Z; refresh due by 2026-08-10T23:14:02.998Z.
Time-zone identity for Zaria
- IANA zone
Africa/Lagos- UTC offset now
- UTC+01:00
- Current zone label
- GMT+1
- Clock-change status
- No UTC offset change was found in the next 370 days.
Zaria is currently 1 hour ahead of UTC. The named zone, rather than the offset alone, should be used for future dates.
Clock changes in Zaria
370-day checked horizon
No UTC offset change was found through Sunday, 15 August 2027 in runtime time-zone data 2026b.
Time-zone history
UTC offset changes for Zaria
A bounded record of offset transitions calculated for Africa/Lagos, covering 2021 through 2031. Events are offset changes; their legal or daylight-saving cause is not inferred.
Previous 5 years
No UTC offset transition was found in the previous 5 years.
Next 5 years
No UTC offset transition was found in the next 5 years.
Dates are calculated from IANA time-zone rules. The calculation checks for offset changes throughout the displayed period and resolves each change to the nearest second.
Location context
About Zaria
Location details for Zaria in Kaduna State, Nigeria.
- Administrative area
- Kaduna State, Nigeria
- Population
- 980,000
- Coordinates
- 11.1113° N, 7.7227° E. The elevation is 644 metres.
Nearby city clocks
Cities near Zaria
Nearby cities are ordered by approximate straight-line distance from Zaria. Times are calculated for the same instant shown above.
- SobaKaduna State, Nigeria39 km east
Africa/LagosSame local time - Dutsen WaiKaduna State, Nigeria60 km southeast
Africa/LagosSame local time - KadunaKaduna State, Nigeria72 km southwest
Africa/LagosSame local time - AnchauKaduna State, Nigeria75 km east
Africa/LagosSame local time - Sofo-Birnin-GwariKaduna State, Nigeria103 km west
Africa/LagosSame local time - LereKaduna State, Nigeria123 km southeast
Africa/LagosSame local time
Sources for Zaria time and city facts
Time-zone calculations use runtime tzdb 2026b. Weather and astronomy sources include their own retrieval times where available.
View 4 sources
- GeoNames cities15000GeoNames · 2026-07-15_01-57-51-849 · CC BY 4.0 · AccessedCity and country names, administrative area, coordinates and population.
- IANA Time Zone DatabaseInternet Assigned Numbers Authority · 2026b · Public domain · AccessedTime-zone names, UTC offsets and clock changes.
- Unicode Common Locale Data RepositoryUnicode Consortium · 48.0 · Unicode License v3 · AccessedEnglish display names for countries, currencies and languages.
- Weather and Geolocation APIWeatherAPI.com · Forecast API v1; free plan · WeatherAPI.com terms; commercial and non-commercial use permitted by plan · AccessedCurrent weather conditions, the next 24 hours and a three-day forecast.